孤苦伶仃
gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1gū kǔ líng dīng
English
- solitary and impoverished (idiom)
- alone, helpless and not cared of
粵語 — Cantonese
- 孤單貧苦，無依無助
Examples
唉，見佢孤苦伶仃咁可憐，又點捨得丟低佢響街度吖？
Boy, seeing him being alone and uncared for, who would heartlessly leave him on the street?
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk